A haven for cyberbullies and internet trolls 16 October 2015 Reviewer: Herbyr from UK
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Although in theory Gaydar claim to not tolerate inappropriate conduct in its chat rooms, my experience has been that its support team is simply unable to deal with the cyberbullies and trolls who all to often attack people verbally without provocation.
As a a former regular user, I have watched a number of individuals verbally abuse individuals and even make threatening remarks. I myself have always sought to uphold the spirit of the website which I think is to bring gay people to gather to chat and cruise. Unfortunately, I believe despite the fact that some users are decent people, the small minority of cyberbullies put many people off due to their getting away with abuse over and over again.
I simply believe the support team is so overwhelmed by these bullies (who in turn claim to be the victims themselves) that its website is out of control. As an educator, I teach e-safety on a daily basis and feel strongly that a website such as gayer has a social and moral responsibility to actively prevent bullies from flourishing in such environments. On the contrary, Gaydar seems more concerned about protecting its paying members at a cost. I believe in the end it is bad business practice and will eventually lead to its downfall. Whilst potentially it provides a vital service bring gay people (often in isolated situations) together, it simply is not worth the hassle, nastiness, abuse and negativity which occurs. I know many people who also steer clear of this website for similar reasons.
Thanks but no thanks. I won't be either paying or using this site as a guest. Nor will I be recommending to anyone. Sorry.
In summary, I would not recommend Gaydar to a friend.
